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Title: MANAGEMENT OF DYSMELIA IN CHILDREN

Reference number: 6638

Date: 1964*

Sound: mute

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 16.44 mins

Description: Overview of the management of dysmelia in young children. Detailed footage of disabilities and deformities as well as footage of children using various prostheses.

Shotlist: title (0.10) The management of these children and the research their aids is supported by the Scottish Home and Health Department in collaboration with the Board of Management of the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital and the South-Eastern Regional Hospital Board, Scotland (0.30) ext. Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital Gates, sign on wall, car enters (0.55) pan ext. hospital (1.12) thalidomide toddlers sitting at small table, eating (1.43) c/u's children with arm and leg deformities (2.52) x-ray of child's arms (3.08) child with no arms, holding pencils with feet (3.48) c/u child's feet, holding sweet in toes, unwraps it and puts it in mouth (4.13) thalidomide child with prothesis harnessed to body. He manoeuvres nursery blocks (6.01) young girl with prosthetic arms eating eggs with spoon from plate (7.35) x-ray of pelvic area, pan down to legs and feet (8.02) c/u prosthetic legs (8.10) child with no arms (8.54) various children with prosthetic arms, eating at table (9.20) young girl eating using spoon lifted with foot (9.40) young boy cleaning toy truck using sponge lifted with prosthetic arm. Child manoeuvring dice (11.10) young boy with arm and leg deformities (11.40) same boy using robotic prosthesis to lift lollipop (12.08) young boy eating meal using prosthetic arm and adapted spoon (13.14) boy walking with aid of callipers, false leg and supporting bars (13.44) walking with frame (14.04) young girl with no arms, c/u (14.41) girl fitted with prosthetic arms, man at edge of frame talking to girl (15.25) c/u prosthesis, girl using it to eat sweets (16.21) young girl with prosthetic arms, eating meal at table (16.44)